Dr. Michael J. Heindl was selected as the ninth president of Northwest Mississippi Community College on April 26, 2018 – He assumed office on July 1st of that year. Prior to his coming to Northwest, he served as executive vice president of Administration and Finance at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) in Perkinston. He and his wife, the former Jennifer Ingram, have three children—Taryn, 23, Harrison, 15 and Nicholas, 13—and one grandson, Jayson, 4. Jennifer is a nurse practitioner.